How to format your references using the GeoResJ citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for GeoResJ. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

[1]

Blake D. Gaining medical momentum. Nature 2004;429:19–23.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Nadeau JA, Sack FD. Control of stomatal distribution on the Arabidopsis leaf surface. Science 2002;296:1697–700.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Puliga M, Caldarelli G, Battiston S. Credit Default Swaps networks and systemic risk. Sci Rep 2014;4:6822.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Pavlov DA, Bobrov AI, Malekhonova NV, Pirogov AV, Nezhdanov AV. Self-assembled nanocrystals discovered in Chelyabinsk meteorite. Sci Rep 2014;4:4280.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

[1]

Ollivier J-P, Torrenti J-M, Carcassès M. Physical Properties of Concrete and Concrete Constituents. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Beck ACS, Lang Lisbôa CA, Carro L, editors. Adaptable Embedded Systems. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hanawa T. Biofunctionalization of Metallic Materials: Creation of Biosis–Abiosis Intelligent Interface. In: Sasaki K, Suzuki O, Takahashi N, editors. Interface Oral Health Science 2014: Innovative Research on Biosis-Abiosis Intelligent Interface, Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2015, p. 53–64.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for GeoResJ.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Giant “Pac-Man” Spacecraft Could Devour Space Litter. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/space/giant-pac-man-spacecraft-could-devour-all-space-litter/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Analysis of NASA’s Fiscal Year 1983 Budget Request for Research and Development To Determine the Amount That Supports DOD’s Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Narita D. Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) and climate change mitigation: An analysis of economic optimality and policy making. Doctoral dissertation. Columbia University, 2008.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

[1]

Greenhouse L. After 30 Years, Supreme Court History Project Turns a Final Page. New York Times 2006:A15.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	GeoResJ
Abbreviation	GeoResJ
ISSN (print)	2214-2428
Scope	General Earth and Planetary Sciences